Firefighters Salary in Tulsa, OK

Firefighters pay range in Tulsa

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,250 a year or less, while the top 10% make $62,410 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Tulsa earn between $40,500 and $62,410.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Firefighters salary after taxes in Tulsa

On the average salary of $52,190, a single filer in Tulsa takes home about $42,312 a year, or $3,526 a month and $1,627 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Tulsa a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Tulsa area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.2), so the average $52,190 buys what about $58,500 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Tulsa ($46,670). A typical home costs $253,725, or 4.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Oklahoma cities

Tulsa ranks 2nd of 3 Oklahoma metro areas for this job; Oklahoma City pays the most ($58,460).

All Firefighters salaries in Oklahoma

Highest-paying cities for firefighters

Bakersfield, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($199,490).

Firefighters salary by city

Related jobs in Tulsa

• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$90,700 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$88,090 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$81,210 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$68,030 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$65,410 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$61,080 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$57,630 a year
• Private Detectives and Investigators$49,710 a year

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